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Expert Scholars

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Noted archaeologists and professors from renowned institutions

Prof. Lanny Bell received his Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught Egyptology and was curatorial assistant at the University Museum for 12 years. During that time he was also Field Director of the University’s Theban Tomb Project in Luxor.

Prof. Craig Benjamin Associate Professor in the History Department at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, where he teaches courses in ancient Central and East Asian history, and on the Silk Roads. He has a particular interest in ancient nomadic confederations in Central Asia.

Prof. Charles Doherty recently retired as senior lecturer in Early Irish History at University College Dublin. Since 2009 he has been president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. He has written numerous articles on the cult of St. Patrick, among many other things.

Tours in 2017

Tours in 2017

Tours in 2017

Splendors of Ancient Egypt....................p10

Mongolia..................................................p40

Ireland.....................................................p26

Dr Sophy Downes is an archaeologist whose research interests combine two worlds, in particular the interaction of the classical and Hellenic west and Persian east. Sophy has traveled to study the sculptures of Persepolis and held a fellowship in Tehran, as well as in Athens and Rome.

Prof. Nancy de Grummond is M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics at Florida State University. She specializes in Etruscan, Hellenistic and Roman archaeology, and is director of excavations for the Cetamura site in Tuscany.

Tours in 2017

Tours in 2017

Dr Christine Guth is Senior Tutor of History of Design at the Royal College of Art in London. She received her PhD in Fine Arts at Harvard University. She specializes in Asian material culture and design history, and is interested in many aspects of material culture, with Japan a particular focal point.

Iran..........................................................p24

Etruscan Italy..........................................p30

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Tours in 2017

Japan: Archaeology & Tradition.............p34


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